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ATIKU ABUBAKAR, who is the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, says he feels devastated by the incident and extends his sympathy to the bereaved families and the people of Sokoto State.
Health
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare says the confirmed case involves a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria from Uganda.
Corruption
OKOROCHA was first invited to the Force Headquarters on September 2, which was rescheduled to September 8, but he reportedly failed to honour the police invitation.
Breaking News
Trouble began for John Nwawuto Anoruo after he submitted a petition dated September 22, 2025, to the EFCC on behalf of his clients against the management of Global West Vessel Specialist Nigeria Limited.
Crime
The #EndBadGovernance group further noted that the right to peaceful assembly was under serious and growing threat in Lagos State, and urged human rights groups and people of good conscience to beam their searchlight on Lagos State in order to arrest the dangerous drift into authoritarianism.
Education
DANGUT succeeds PATEH BAH of The Gambia, and will serve for a period of five years, from October 2026 to September 2031.
Breaking News
In a statement on his X handle, the SDP Presidential candidate said there was no constitutional, legal or moral basis for the suppression of political parties through what he called government-backed judicial action.
Crime
Thirty-eight-year-old PHILIP TUNDE was on his way to Milan, Italy, when he was intercepted in connection with four-point-eight kilograms of cocaine concealed in the soles of his shoes and railings of his travelling.
Corruption
In a statement on its website, INEC said members of the public are strongly advised not to click on the link or submit any personal information on the website, as doing so may expose them to the risk of having their sensitive personal data harvested or misused.
Controversial
LAWAL said WIKE must choose where his political allegiance lies, stressing that APC state governors would not change their position, regardless of the FCT Minister’s comments on the issue.
Law and Judiciary
MONDAY ONYEKACHI UBANI, SAN, is of the view that the Supreme Court did not order INEC to disqualify candidates.
Opinion
DONALD DUKE downplayed the increase in the number of registered voters to one hundred and three-point-four million, stressing that the ratio of registered voters to actual voters in Nigeria remains very low.
Politics
The announcement comes few days after LAWAL DAURA joined the APM, following his resignation from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, upon losing the party’s governorship ticket for Katsina State.
Breaking News
Without mentioning the specific bank account involved, or the amount credited to it, ATIKU maintained that neither himself nor his campaign team had solicited, authorised or is aware of the individual or entity behind the unauthorised payment.
Community
The PPRO described the victim as a university graduate, with a degree in guidance and counseling, adding that he was beaten repeatedly with a bamboo stick by EDEBIRI TEMITOPE until he collapsed and died.
Controversial
Governor UMARU BAGO also imposed a twenty-four-hour curfew across the state capital, effective after the Friday Muslim prayers.
Crime
The PPRO said the suspect is currently in police custody, while the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, TIJANI FATAI, has commended the operatives who made the arrest for their prompt response and intelligence-driven operation.
Breaking News
The NDLEA said TOPE OJO and TUNDE OLONISHAKIN won the bid for the six-floor hotel located in Victoria, Island Lagos, with a N5.9b bid.
Controversial
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP ABIODUN OJELABI, disclosed in a statement that IGBALAYE was arrested alongside five others at a property in Osogbo.
Health
The Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology made the observations during a presentation at the Maiden Biannual Presidential Colloquium of the Academy of Medical Sciences, held at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.
Breaking News
SADIYA UMAR FAROUQ is facing prosecution by the EFCC, alongside BASHIR NURA ALKALI and SANI NAFIU MOHAMMED, over alleged criminal conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of public funds to the tune of One-Point-Three Million Dollars and Seven Hundred and Forty-Six-Point-Seven Million Naira.
Controversial
ADC National Legal Adviser, Professor OSERHEIMEN OSUNBOR, who confirmed the development in an interview on television, alleged that Justice LIFU was liable for a serious breach of judicial hierarchy.
Controversial
Emphasising that “President” is an office, not a compulsory prefix shielding its occupant from criticism, PAUL IBE asserted that ATIKU committed no crime or constitutional violation by calling BOLA TINUBU “BOLA”.
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"This is not a matter of political convenience. It is a matter of constitutional order."
Breaking News
All five suspects were arraigned before Justice SALIM IBRAHIM of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who adjourned the case until September 24 for the commencement of trial.
Controversial
President TINUBU departed Abuja on August 30 for a twenty-one-day working vacation in London and Paris, but his return was postponed twice without any clear reason.
Breaking News
Justice BINTA NYAKO delivered the judgment in what could pass as the fastest terrorism trial in Nigerian history, which comes less than a month after the suspects were arrested by the Department of State Services on May 31, 2026.
Controversial
Speaking in a video on his social media handles, the former governor of Abia State said the Catholic bishops represent the conscience of the nation, and their advice to the President was offered in the national interest.
Foreign
This is the second time he has been given a prison sentence in the MIRIAM HALEY case, after New York's highest court overturned his initial 2020 conviction in a 2024 judgement.
Community
His Highness ANABS SARA-IGBE said while a search was ongoing to recover the bodies of those who fell of the boat, he contacted authorities of the Six Division of the Nigerian Army at Bori Camp in Port Harcourt, but they denied knowledge of the deployment of six gunboats in the area.
